Wagon-bracket.



PATENTED APR; 17, 1906.

J. W. PATTERSON.

WAGON BRACKET.

APPLIOATION FILED MAR.15, 1905.

awewtoz JOHN W. PATTERSON, OF TISKILINA, ILLINOIS.

WAGON-BRACKET.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented April 17, 1906..

Application filed March 15,1905. Serial No. 250,257.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I,JOHN W. PATTERSON, a citizen of the United States,residing at Tiskilwa, in the county of Bureau and State of Illinois,have invented new and useful Improvements in Wagon-Brackets, of whichthe following is a specification.

The invention relates to an improvement in wagon-brackets designedparticularly for use in converting the ordinary farm-wagon into ahay-wagon.

The main object of the invention is the production of a bracket designedfor removable connection with the wagon-bolster and with thelongitudinal sills of the wagon-body and arranged to secure and supportthe trans verse frame-bars of the hay-rack.

The preferred form of the invention will be described in detail in thefollowing specification, with reference to the accompanying drawings, inwhich Figure 1 is a view in elevation, showing a wagon-body arranged foruse as a hay-wagon with my improved bracket in place. Fig. 2 is anenlarged view in elevation with the wagon-sills in section, illustratingthe application of my improved bracket. Fig. 3 is a perspective view ofthe bracket.

In adapting the ordinary farm-wagon for use as a hay-wagon it isnecessary to remove the wagon-body and support the hay-rack from thelongitudinal sills of the wagon-frame. To provide for the convenientattachment of the hay-rack, I have devised a bracket designed to beremovably secured to the wagonsills and to the transverse bars 01 thehayrack, whereby the latter may be readily and securely attached to andsupported from said longitudinal sills.

The bracket of my invention comprises, preferably, an integral castinghaving a body portion 1, a rack-plate 2, projecting at a right anglefrom the upper end of the body portion, and a bolster-plate 3,projecting at a right angle from the lower end of the body portion, butin a reverse direction from that of the hay-rack plate 2. Depending fromthe under side of the rack-plate 2 is an angleplate 3, thedownwardly-projecting flange 4 of which extends in. alinement with thebody portion 1, but spaced therefrom a sufficient distance to receivethe edge of one of the longitudinal wagon-sills. The free end of therack-plate 2 is enlarged, as at 5, and provided with a U-shapedretaining-bolt 6, the terminals of which are arranged to pass throughsuitable openings in the enlarged end 5 of the plate 2 and be securedbeneath said plate by nuts 7. The distance between'the vertical membersof the retaining-bolt 6 is such as to receive the transverse frame-barof the hayrack.

In securing the bracket in place the body portion 1 is placed in contactwith the inner side of the longitudinal wagon-sill 8, being securedthereto by suitable bolt-fasteni'ngs 9, the bolster-plate 3 of thebracket resting upon the wagon-bolster 10 and being secured thereto bysuitable bolt-fastenings 11. The plate 2 of the bracket projectslaterally from the sill 8 in a direction away from the longitudinalcenter of the wagon, the body portion 1 being of less length than theheight of the sill, so that that portion of the plate 2 between the bodyportion 1 and the vertical flange 4 of the angle-plate 3 seats within asuitable transverse recess 12, formed in the upper edge of the sill. Theflange 4 of the angle-plate 3 rests snugly against the longitudinal sillon the side opposite the body portion 1, so that the upper end of thesill is held between the body portion 1 and the flange 4, whereby anyaccidental movement of the bracket is prevented. The transverse bars 13of the hay-rack 14 are passed lengthwise through the retaining-bolt 6,the nut 7 of the latter being tightened to draw the cross-bar 15 of thebolt 6 into holding contact with the upper surface of the frame-bar 13.

It is to be understood that as many brackets as desired may be used, andthat said brackets are firmly secured to the wagonbolster andbody-sills, and that the hay-rack bars are removably secured to thebrackets by the retaining-bolts 6. The retainingbolts are preferablydisconnected from the plates 2 and the hay-rack put in place with thetransverse bars 13 alined above the plates 2, when the terminals of theretaining or loop bolts 6 may be passed through the plates and securedby the nuts 7.

It will be noted that my construction provides for supporting thehay-rack directly from the sills of the wagon-body, the brackets beingused as a connecting medium between the wagon-body and hay-rack.

While I prefer that the angle-plate 3 be riveted or otherwise secured inproper posithe rack-plate, and an angle-plate secured to the under sideof the rack-plate with a depending'portionparallel to but spaced fromthe body portion of the bracket, said body portion being provided withmeans for securing same to a wagon-sill.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two wltnesses.

JOHN W. PATTERSON.

Witnesses: v

C. N. PETTEGnEw, R. V. K NNEY.

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